Graph

See also: graph and -graph

German

Alternative forms

• Graf (since the spelling reform of 1996)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁaːf/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: Graf

Noun

Graph m (weak or mixed, genitive Graphen or (nonstandard) Graphs, plural Graphen)

1. (mathematics) graph

Usage notes

The word may be declined, according to the weak or the strong pattern. The former is more original and standard, while the latter is often found in non-standard usage.

Declension

Declension of Graph [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Graph	die	Graphen
genitive	eines	des	Graphen, Graphs1	der	Graphen
dative	einem	dem	Graphen, Graph1	den	Graphen
accusative	einen	den	Graphen, Graph1	die	Graphen

¹Nonstandard.

Noun

Graph n (strong, genitive Graphs, plural Graphe)

1. (linguistics) glyph (symbol as the smallest unit in a text which has not yet been classified as a grapheme)

Declension

Declension of Graph [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Graph	die	Graphe
genitive	eines	des	Graphs	der	Graphe
dative	einem	dem	Graph	den	Graphen
accusative	ein	das	Graph	die	Graphe

Related terms

• Allograph, Apograph, Autograph

Further reading

• “Graph” in Duden online
• “Graph” in Duden online
• “Graph”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)